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Now I shouldn't say completely out 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: of nowhere, because they were briefly mentioned in the discussions, 40 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: but Ian Bagley had reported late earlier this week I 41 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: believe that the Calves had dropped out of that race, 42 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: So we had all kind of viewed them as out 43 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: of sight, out of mind. But as it turns out, 44 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: Danny Age wanted draft compensation, and the Calves were willing 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: to give more draft compensation than the next war. They 46 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: circled back to him that this was reported by Jake Fisher. Uh. 47 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: They circled back and asked the Knicks for their final 48 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 1: best offer, and they were only willing to give two picks, 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: and they ended up losing the race. So a lot 50 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: of really interesting perspectives to look at from this deal. 51 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: We're gonna look at it from the Cavs perspective, from 52 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: the Jazz perspective, from the Knicks perspective, and then the 53 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: Lakers as well, because now they become an interesting candidate 54 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: to steal some of these veteran role players from the Jazz. 55 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: Now that we know that Danny Age wants draft picks, um, 56 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: then for those of you guys who are fans of 57 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: the shows, stick around after I have to update my 58 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: Bulls season preview because some of you guys in the 59 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: comments pointed out that I had missed Gore on Dragics 60 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: as one of their signings. They're had there every offseason, 61 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: hundreds of personnel transactions around the league, and I'm going 62 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: to miss some. So please, if you guys can help me, 63 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: If you guys see me in my season previews, forget 64 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: a name, especially an important one, dropping in the comments, 65 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: and I'll make sure that I update that as we 66 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: get further along. I'm also I watched Lithuania versus Slovania 67 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: this morning, which was an amazing basketball game, one of 68 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: the more entertaining basketball games that I've watched in this year. 69 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give a short breakdown on that as well. 70 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: At the end, I'm gonna do a video breakdown on 71 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: Spain pick and Roll, a concept that we're gonna talk 72 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: about a lot on this show and I want to 73 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: make sure that you guys have a good understanding of 74 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: it so that I can reference it throughout the year 75 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: and you guys know what I'm talking about. Um, you 76 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: guys know the drill before we get started. 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So this will be a 87 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,119 Speaker 1: little sniffle e and a little uh, a little weak voiced. Also, 88 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: I know some of you guys have been complaining about 89 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: this ancient history. I don't even know what you call 90 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: this thing that's behind me, the ancient piece of furniture. 91 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: My studio is getting remodeled. It is almost done, probably 92 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: our next video. I'll be back in the studio. Just 93 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: wanted to get some permanent adjustments and stuff made so 94 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: that it's better for this whole season. So again I 95 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: apologize for the setup. But just just one more show, guys, 96 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: and then we'll be back to normal. All right, Let's 97 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: start from the perspective of the calves so before the trade, 98 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: the Calves were an excellent defensive team when Evan Mobiley 99 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: and Jared Allen were on the floor. That was the 100 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: really interesting dynamic of last year's team. It was like 101 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Darius Garland and Colin Sexton, these two dynamic guards, and 102 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: then you had Lori markin In, this huge forward that 103 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: could shoot on the wing, and then Jared Allen and 104 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: Evan Mobiley, and they were a very good team with 105 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: those five on the floor. And then the injuries start. 106 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: It's stacking up. Evan mobile or excuse me, Lori Markin 107 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: ended up getting hurt. Evan Mobiley missed some time in 108 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: the middle of the season, Jared Allen had that finger 109 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: injury at the end of the season, and so things 110 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: kind of fell apart because of that. But when we 111 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: got into the postseason you saw pretty quickly and really 112 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: it was it was a situation throughout the season. As 113 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: good as they were defensively, their shot creation just wasn't 114 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: up to what the rest of the league had to offer. 115 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: They were twentie in offense um this season. In that 116 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: Atlanta playing game, the single elimination game after they lost 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: to Brooklyn, they only scored forty points in the second 118 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: half as they blew a ten point lead. They just 119 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: don't have enough shot creation to hang with the better 120 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: teams in the league. So the obvious move there was 121 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: do you extend callin Sexton and think of that as 122 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: the guy that can feel that role, or do you 123 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: target someone better, And that's basically what they're doing. They're 124 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: flipping calling Sexton in addition to draft compensation and Lori 125 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: Marken in for a much much better guard to have 126 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: as a partner alongside Darius Garland. Darius Garland is a 127 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: really good guard in this league and a very different 128 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: type of guard than Donovan Mitchell. He's a little bit 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: more of a playmaker out of high pick and roll 130 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: as opposed to looking to score like we did. Uh. 131 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: If you those of you guys who remember, I can't 132 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: remember where he was on the list. He might have 133 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: been twenty four three, but when we did our top 134 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: twenty five players, Uh, Donovan Mitchell. When I his ability 135 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: to score the basketball is unassailable. He's one of the 136 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,119 Speaker 1: best scoring guards that we have in this league. He 137 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: in his last three postseason runs is averaging ten three 138 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: point attempts per game and shooting them at forty one. 139 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: He out of all players in the NBA to run 140 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: at least three hundred pick and rolls. Last year, he 141 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: was third in points per possession, which is incredibly impressive, 142 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: especially when you factor in the type of role man 143 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: that he had in Rudy Gobert, who's really flawed. So 144 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: but his one weaknesses is he doesn't really see the 145 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: totality of the Game's not a good game manager. Doesn't 146 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: understand the players rhythm around him and when to shoot 147 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: versus when to look to get his teammates involved. Darius 148 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: Garland is much better in that area. The average nine 149 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: assists per game last year, still can score the basketball 150 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: two points per game on fifty eight percent true shooting, 151 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: an excellent playmaker out of high pick and roll. It'll 152 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: be it'll be a really interesting one to punch with 153 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: the two of them because they have different approaches. And 154 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: then the most interesting part about that Mobile and Allan, 155 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: they were excellent defensively, Like I said, they had a 156 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: one oh three point seven defensive rating with the two 157 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: of them on the floor. But they're also significantly better 158 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: role meant than Donovan Mitchell is used to playing with. 159 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: You know, the big issue with Rudy Gobert is when 160 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: they would switch pick and roll. When teams would switch, 161 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: he'd run down to the Raymond call for the basketball, 162 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: but nobody on the Jazz would pass him the basketball. 163 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: And the main reason why is he struggled with the 164 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: simple concept of a quick seal and a short hook shot. 165 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 1: That that little skill not a difficult thing to do. 166 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: The inability to do that is what makes Rudy Gobert 167 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: such a limited offensive player. It's why I viewed him 168 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: as a negative asset. That's why I was so stunned 169 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: that Minnesota paid as much for him as they did. 170 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: Jared Allen is ten times the offensive player that Rudy 171 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 1: Gobert is because he can do that. When you switch 172 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: a pick and roll, he can take the smaller defender 173 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: down to the block, quick seal, demand the basketball, catch, 174 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: turn over his left shoulder, and make a right handed 175 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: hook shot. Just that that is the the must. You 176 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 1: can't just be a vertical space or rudygal Gobert is 177 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: a great vertical spacer. The problem is, as most defensive 178 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: schemes and pick and roll coverages do a good job 179 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: of taking the lab pass away either by offering help 180 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: out of the week side corner to tag the roller, 181 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: or by using a drop coverage and keeping the big 182 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: back by the rim. So when you take away those lobs, 183 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: you have to find other ways to score and pick 184 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: and roll in. One of the easiest ways to do 185 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: it is if you drag the big in the drop 186 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: away from the play. It forces them to switch, at 187 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: which point the guard will run and dive to the 188 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: big man. That's when you can throw the ball to 189 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: Rudy or whoever it is to score. So Donovan Mitchell 190 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: is now going to have a dynamic rim roller and 191 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: Jared Allen Evan Mobley is really raw, but he actually 192 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: projects to be even more dynamic than that. He's got 193 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: the vertical spacing, he's got the skill around the rim 194 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: to attack switches. But he also has the ability with 195 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: how skilled he is and how well he passes the 196 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: ball to be good in the short roll. This is 197 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: where you know, instead of rolling hard to the rim, 198 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: you just kind of go to the semicircle and ask 199 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: for the basketball. Then when you catch there, you can 200 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: either make reads or you can short shoot short jump 201 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: shots or little floaters and things like that. He also 202 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: shows some uh potential as a pop big who can 203 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: pop to the three point line knockdown three point shots. 204 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: Didn't shoot the ball well last year, but his form 205 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: looks good. He should shoot the ball well over the years, 206 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: and then also attacking closeouts and driving to the basket. 207 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: He's got potential. Who talked about this um during the 208 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,199 Speaker 1: season last year. But the big difference between him in 209 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: like an Anthony Davis, is he's got such quick feet 210 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: that he's actually gonna be more dynamic driving the basketball 211 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: than Anthony Davis was. Obviously, he's got a long way 212 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: to go to get to that point, but Evan Mobley 213 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: is a super super interesting player UM to have as 214 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: another pick and roll partner. So you've got two dynamic 215 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: pick and roll ball handlers into dynamic pick and roll 216 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: roll men. That should make them a lot more interesting 217 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: on the offensive end of the floor than they were 218 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: obviously Defensively, it's gonna it's gonna be tricky. They're excellent 219 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: in the front court, but they've lost a wing in 220 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: Lori marking In. They've got good athletes on the wing. 221 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: I actually really like Isaac a Coro, but uh, they're 222 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: a little bit limited in that in that regard. But 223 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: it shoot didn't matter with how big they are on 224 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: the front line, and they're they're deep in the front 225 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: line too. They've got Robin Lopez, They've got Kevin Love there. 226 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: This is an incredibly deep basketball team. Hopefully Ricky Rubio 227 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: will be coming back as a backup in the backcourt. 228 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: They've got Carris Laverte. This suddenly looks like as deep 229 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: and as talented a team as we see in the league. 230 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: The weakness will be they don't have you know, what, 231 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: what do you guys when I'm talking about teams, what's 232 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: the one thing that I talked about that The Cavs 233 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: don't have that big mismatch attacking forward right, But maybe 234 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: Evan Mobile will develop into that for them this year. 235 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: Um A lot is gonna be on Donovan Mitchell and 236 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: Darius Garland on the defensive end. Donovan Mitchell was on 237 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: an atrocious defensive player for Utah last year. He's gonna 238 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: have to get that together. Daris Garlands not great either, 239 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: But with as good as they are on the back line, 240 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: they should still as a team be a better defensive team. 241 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: They'll just have to figure some of that stuff out 242 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: to reach their ultimate playoff ceiling. My My one major 243 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,599 Speaker 1: concern would be when you're running into let's call it 244 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: a Jimmy Butler out east or a Janice out east, 245 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: or say you make it to the finals and you 246 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: run into a Steph Curry or Lebron James or Luca 247 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: don Che or a Nicol Yokich. You have to be 248 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: able to out execute those guys down the stretch of 249 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: pivotal playoff games. And that is a lot to ask 250 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: for Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell. So my initial take, 251 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: and I want to marinate on this longer, and again, 252 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna we have to make some adjustments 253 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: to our power rankings because I did not have the 254 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: calves in the top fifteen. I mean, look, here's the deal, guys. 255 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: We had an option, we have a month a month 256 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: from today to the start of the preseason. We had 257 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: an option to either continue doing stupid offseason filler content 258 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: or to start talking about this year. And I really 259 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: wanted to get forward into talking about this year. So 260 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: we started early. And obviously there was a risk that 261 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: some stuff could happen and mess up our list, and 262 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: there you go. So we're just gonna call the bulls 263 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: fifteen A and today was supposed to be the Pelicans 264 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: at fourteen. I'm gonna have the Pelicans at fifteen B, 265 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it, and then obviously the 266 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: Calves will be vaulting up higher up into that list. 267 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: We knew that was a risk. Like, guys, the Lakers 268 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: are gonna make some big trade, So whenever the Lakers 269 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: make their trade, I'm gonna have to change where they 270 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: show up in the power rankings. Right So, but with 271 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: Lebron James and Anthony Davis on the roster, I obviously 272 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: had to have them on my list. So it's an 273 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: imperfect system. But anytime anything changes, anytime new information comes out, 274 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: I promise we'll do a full, deep dive, breakout breakdown 275 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: into it. When we get to the Calves higher on 276 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: this list, I will do a much much more in 277 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: depth breakdown of what I expect the Calves to do 278 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball, because I do think 279 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: it'll be a lot different with Donovan Mitchell in the 280 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: mix and without Lori marking in as that huge wing 281 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: that they had last year. So looking forward to the Jazz, 282 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: they're in a full rebuild now, and you know it's 283 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: funny because Danny Ainge has this reputation as being a 284 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: guy who's very stingy and trade negotiations, which is why 285 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: he never made the big deal when he was with 286 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. Right and to his credit, his stingy 287 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: nous has paid off in this summer because he's gotten 288 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: two massive hauls for two players that you wouldn't think 289 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: would pull those kinds of halls. Like Donovan Mitchell is 290 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: a better basketball player than Rudy Gobert, but like I 291 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: didn't think he'd get this type of package. Rudy Gobert. 292 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: I was stunned, and I've been wrong about a few 293 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: things this summer. That to look at, that's the part 294 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: of the deal. When you make predictions and when you 295 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: have analysis, especially when you do it as often as 296 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: I do, you're gonna be wrong about stuff. Um, I 297 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: did not expect Rudy Gobert to get a big deal. 298 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: You have four first round draft picks in a pick swap, 299 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell three more draft picks and two more pick swaps, 300 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: So just from Rudy, just from Rudy Gobert and from 301 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell, they got seven first round picks and three swaps. So, look, 302 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: we can talk shit about Danny Age all we want, 303 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: but the dudes kicking ass this offseason, you gotta give 304 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: him some credit for that. Um. There was a tweet 305 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: that came out that they view all of the pieces 306 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: that came back from Cleveland as projects that they plan 307 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: on keeping. I thought that was interesting because I thought 308 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: Lori market it would be a guy that'd consider moving 309 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: because he's kind of a known commodity at this point. 310 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: I think he turns twenty five this year. Um. Them 311 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: getting sexed in at less than twenty million a year 312 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: for four years is really interesting because, especially towards the 313 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: tail end of that deal, if if the salary cap 314 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: goes up significantly, he could be a really affordable like 315 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: backup scoring guard or second side scoring guards. So my 316 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: guess is Utah ends up flipping Colin Sexton at some 317 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: point during that contract for a couple more picks. They've 318 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: got all these veteran players on the roster that are 319 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: available for picks. We're gonna get to that more with 320 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: the Lakers. But when it's all said and done, this 321 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: rebuild could could could end up netting Utah over ten 322 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: first round draft picks. So huge shout out to Danny 323 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: Ainge for really impressive offseason. Look, he stood up for 324 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: what he believed in, something that we've all roasted him for. 325 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: And he he's winning. Guys, he's winning not real basketball games, 326 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: but he's winning at the GM game of rebuilding. Um. 327 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: The Knicks, so they didn't want to overpay for Mitchell. 328 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: That's fair. Someone else might be right around the corner, 329 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: Like you just have to be willing to pay when 330 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: that right guy comes along, you know. Like there was 331 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: some debate when Kawhi Leonard became available with the with 332 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: the Spurs as to whether or not the Lakers could 333 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: get them. There was intel that said the Spurs didn't 334 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: want to do a deal with the Lakers. But the 335 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: truth of the matter is that the Lakers were also 336 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 1: being stingy on price. They missed out on Kauai. Then 337 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis came along. They actually threw the kitchen sink 338 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: of assets and they got Anthony Davis and they won 339 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: a championship. So that's getting the kind of approach. You 340 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: gotta look at it from the perspective of the Knicks. 341 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: You didn't you didn't get Donovan Mitchell. Someone else might 342 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: be around the corner when that guy comes along. Don't 343 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: be cheap, because if you're cheap, you could end up 344 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: missing out. Looking forward to the Lakers, so the intel was, 345 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: as you guys remember, after the Patrick Beverley trade, I 346 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: really thought the Lakers would turn towards the Indiana trade 347 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: because I just thought that was a better fit for 348 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: the direction they were going with the roster, especially with 349 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: how small Rudy excuse me, um, Patrick Beverley is, and 350 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: with the fact that they lost Stanley Johnson at the 351 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: time their biggest and most athletic wing. But they were 352 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: waiting aroun on. It looked like from what I had 353 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: heard that the reason why they weren't going to Indiana 354 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: route is Indiana wanted two first round picks and they 355 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: thought they could get involved in a potential Jazz Knicks 356 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: three teamer for one first round pick. That's why they 357 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: were looking that way. Well, that three teamers now off 358 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: the table, so now you gotta look at potentially talking 359 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: to Ange now that you know he wants draft picks. 360 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: Maybe you get something like Malik Beasley and Rudy Gay 361 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: and Boyan Bogdanovich to six eight wings and another really 362 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: good shooting guard for maybe two first and Russ again 363 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: two first round draft picks. That's something that we know 364 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: Danny Ainge is gonna put a lot of value on. 365 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: That might be interesting. Maybe they do end up circling 366 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: back to Indiana now that the three team trade is 367 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: off the table. Excuse me, um, but all I hope 368 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: is that the Lakers don't end up using this as 369 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: an excuse to bring Russ back into camp. There's been 370 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: more intel on that front. Mark Stein reported that Darvin 371 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: Ham has been really pushing for a big role for 372 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 1: Russ on this team. I I just think that would 373 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: be an absolute catastrophe, and if they did that, I 374 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: think the Lakers would deserve everything that's coming to them. Hell, 375 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: I'd probably end up turning this season into an opportunity 376 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: to just scold the Lakers after every loss for self 377 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: sabotage at that point. But hopefully they end up circling 378 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 1: back and making a deal either with with Utah or 379 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: with um the Indiana Pacers. I would imagine the Charlotte 380 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: Hornets are still available as an option there as well. 381 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: They just need to do something whatever the whatever the 382 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: deal is, they cannot bring back Russell Westberg. That would 383 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: just be a disaster. Alright. So what I had planned 384 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: on talking about today was the New Orleans Pelicans. Um, 385 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: but I was going to do a uh an adjustment 386 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: to my Bulls preview because I missed out on Corn 387 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: Tragic again, Guys, hundreds of personnel moves. If I miss something, 388 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: please let me know. I might direct messages open on Twitter. 389 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: You can do that there, or you can do it 390 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: in the YouTube comments. Just let me know if I 391 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: miss something, or if you're a fan of one these 392 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 1: teams and there's a specific dynamic that you think I'm 393 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: missing that I need to dive deeper in, just remember 394 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: to let me know. Um. Gore and Joges just Alonzo insurance. 395 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: That's what he is. After Alonzo went down last year. 396 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: But he's kind of risky in and of himself. Over 397 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: the last four years, he's only average forty one and 398 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: a half games played. Last year, he was awful. It 399 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: was the second worst scoring season of Gor and Jdges 400 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,959 Speaker 1: his career. He ran fifty three pick and rolls and 401 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: only scored thirty five points. When he's healthy, I really 402 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: like what he can do with the basketball. He's good 403 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: off the dribble shooter, a great passer and pick and roll. 404 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: He's excellent in the midrange specifically, he's got this He's 405 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: got a good amount of size for compared to a 406 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: lot of pick and roll guards in the league. And 407 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: so you can do this thing where he kind of 408 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: gets into the lane, gets you on your hip and 409 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: just as a pound dribble and like step shoots like 410 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: a step back, like a high arching pull up twelve 411 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: thirteen footer. He's a very very interesting pick and roll player. 412 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: He just hasn't been himself lately. And you know, I 413 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 1: was watching him in the in the euro the euro 414 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: Basket today and same thing, Like just doesn't quite look 415 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: like he has that burst that he used to have. 416 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: Although he did make some big plays, hit a couple 417 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: of huge um jump shots, hit a dagger three pointer 418 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: today as well. Um uh. This last season he shot 419 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: only thirty eight percent from the field from three. So like, look, 420 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: best case scenario, he gets back to what he was, 421 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of years ago with Miami and 422 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: he becomes you know, because I talked about Alex Crusoe 423 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: and Alonzo Ball as guys who can attack closeouts and 424 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: make reads Alonzo's great making reads in the open floor, 425 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: but neither of them are above average creators against the 426 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: set defense. So having gore on Dragic Dragic as you know, 427 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: an alternative to to the Levine de Rosan stuff where 428 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: he can attack a set defense, because you can have 429 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: Drawgics when he's healthy, attacking in high pick and roll 430 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: against the set defense and he can get you good 431 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: stuff typically, so that on the best case scenario, you 432 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: could he could end up being that for him. The 433 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: other thing too, is he would immediately be their worst 434 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: defender in the backcourt. So I mean it's Alonzo insurance. 435 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: But if he gets if Alonzo gets hurt, I mean 436 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: that's curtains for Chicago anyway. Um, moving on to Luthuania 437 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: ever Slovania, this is a really interesting game. It was like, 438 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: for those of you guys who have been listening to 439 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: the show for a while, this was like the textbook 440 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: Biggs Verse perimeter players game, right because you've got Luca 441 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: don Chechen, Gordon Drag it's too high level NBA ball 442 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: handlers versus an undermanned Lithuania backcourt. And then going the 443 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: other way, you've got Jonas Valanchutas and Domonta Sabonis literally 444 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: going against an Undermann front court for Sylvania. So it's 445 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: kind of like the classic example of that debate. And 446 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: it was so back and forth because there it was 447 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: tied seventy three seventy three late in the like mid 448 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: midway through the fourth quarter, early fourth quarter, and a 449 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,239 Speaker 1: Valancutas and Sabonis just started cooking in the post and 450 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: Jonahs Valancionas ends up drawing a foul, and then Sabonus 451 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: ends up getting Luca Donche on a switch and hitting 452 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: an easy hook shot over the top. They go up 453 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: seventy seventy three, and they called time out, and you're 454 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: sitting there thinking like, oh, well, maybe the Bigs are 455 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: gonna win. But almost immediately Luca just starts spamming Spain 456 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: pick and roll where we're gonna talk about more in 457 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: a in a in a minute, and he gets Sabonus 458 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 1: on these switches and he starts attacking Sabonus and he 459 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: starts drawing fouls on Sabonus. And once he starts drawing fouls, 460 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: then Luthuwaenia starts sending extra help towards Luca and he 461 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: starts picking him apart hitting cutters underneath the basket for layups, 462 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: and just methodically executes every trip down the floor to 463 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: uh to build the lead. On the other end of 464 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: the floor. They did what I talked about all the time. 465 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: They just started scramming and crowding Sabonus and Valancotis out 466 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: of their post ups. If I'm not mistaken, the rest 467 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: of the game, they only had one post up, which 468 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: was Sabonus, and he drew an offensive foul because he 469 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: elbowed Luca in the face. So the point is, like 470 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: I always talk about, with bigs, it's just harder to 471 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: get them to their spots where they can be effective 472 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: than it is for perimeter players. There was a nasty 473 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: play I think it was one to eighty and Lucas 474 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: attacking off the dribble and he drives right and gets 475 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: the defender kind of leaning that way, does this nasty 476 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: pullback dribble, gets tons of separation, just peaks at the 477 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: rim for a second defender, lunges up, he advances, gets 478 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: the defender on his hip, slowly works into the lane, 479 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: just waits just long enough for Jonas Valanciunas to commit, 480 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: and then wraps it around to his big man for 481 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: a layup, and I'm sitting there and I'm like, this 482 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: is surgery. He's performing half court surgery on Lithuania, which 483 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: is my favorite thing about that big playmaking forward, which 484 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: is why I've always viewed that specific archetype as my 485 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: favorite archetype of player. Um. But like it was, it 486 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: was just an interesting game, and it came down to 487 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: the Lithuania punish them with their size or was Slovenia 488 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 1: going to pick them apart with their perimeter talent? In 489 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: the perimeter talent one just once. Obviously, they're gonna be 490 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: games where the bigs win, that's you know, and they're 491 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: gonna be guys who will say use that as an 492 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: example to argue that bigs are more valuable. But today, 493 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,719 Speaker 1: for me, it was confirmation of my personal basketball worldview. 494 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: There were three interesting things that I wanted to hit 495 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: really quickly from this game. First of all, Luthuania's ball pressure. 496 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: So to start the game, Lithuania was getting up into 497 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: dragics and Luca full court. And I've talked about this 498 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: a lot on the show, but this concept of like 499 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: comfort from perimeter players. You know, NBA players are so 500 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: damn skilled that if you allow them to be comfortable, 501 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: they will get hot every single time. You know, when 502 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: you think about the idea of like hot shooting nights 503 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: versus poor shooting nights, the poor shooting nights almost never 504 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: happen when they're comfortable. If they're comfortably getting to their spots, 505 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: they will naturally build rhythm throughout the game. They will 506 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: shoot well, and they'll beat you. And your your job 507 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: as a defense is to try to make them uncomfortable. 508 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: And when you make them uncomfortable, they might still beat you, 509 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: but you might force them into bad shooting nights because 510 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: they struggle to build their rhythm because they're not operating 511 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: with enough comfort. And I thought it was a really 512 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: interesting strategy from Lithuania to pressure the heck out of 513 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: Luca and gore On just to make them speed up 514 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: and to be uncomfortable get to their spots but more 515 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: rushed than they want to or not with the pace 516 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: that they want to. And as a result, I mean 517 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: Luca in particular didn't have a great scoring game, right um. 518 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: But the second thing I want to talk about, there's 519 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: an interesting counter from UM Slovenia. In that third quarter, 520 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: they just started posting Luca don chitch every time down 521 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: the floor because he's huge, and he has a side 522 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: miss seize mismatch against every perimeter player on the Lithuanian roster, right, 523 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: and immediately they want on a run. Ended up taking 524 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: I think like an eight point lead in that third quarter. 525 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: First as a score, he spun off of a guy 526 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: and got a dunk. Then he was passing the ball 527 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: out of there to get a wide open shots. You know, 528 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: this is when I talk about heliocentric players. Heliocentric players 529 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: are guys that love to attack with live dribble and 530 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: command every possession. Right. But the difference between Luca and 531 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: Lebron and the other helio centric players around the league 532 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 1: that art is effective the Tray Young's and the James 533 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: Hardens of the world, and there's a lot of them now. 534 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: But the reason why is, you know, the James Harden 535 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: and Tray Young types, it's all high isolation, it's all 536 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: high pick and roll. They can't attack from different spots 537 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: on the floor. So even if they do have a 538 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: certain amount of success for a certain amount of time, 539 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: especially in a playoff series, when a defender gets to 540 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: see that same action, dozens and dozens and dozens of times. 541 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: It just ends up becoming predictable and they end up 542 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: having more success defensively, right, And that's the advantage of 543 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: of what Luca, excuse me, what Luca can do and 544 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: what Lebron can do. It's like, oh, you know, they're 545 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: kind of figuring out the high isolation thing. They're kind 546 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: of figuring out the high pick and roll thing. I'll 547 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 1: take him to the post. Maybe it's a back to 548 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 1: the basket, slow, methodical post up. Lebron will do a 549 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: lot of face up stuff, catching at the elbow and 550 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: turning and facing. Luca can do that too. The variety 551 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: in their attack makes it so that they have more 552 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: counters when defenses start to figure stuff out. They had 553 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: some success against Luca ball pressuring in full court, so 554 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: he gave up the damn basketball and he ran to 555 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: the post, demanded the basketball and made plays from there. 556 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: And again. Big guys, especially a lot of you younger 557 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: big players that want to be ball handlers, the easiest 558 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: counter for a big player that handles the basketball is 559 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: to put a small, quick guard on you that can 560 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,959 Speaker 1: get into your dribble pocket and make you uncomfortable, and 561 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: he can beat you to spots. You can't just drive 562 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: right or drive left because he's gonna slide with you 563 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: because he's quicker. Right, So if you can give up 564 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: the basketball and make plays with your back to the basket, look, 565 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,719 Speaker 1: it doesn't you don't have to dribble anymore. You're fighting 566 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: for position. You can use your arms to shield the 567 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: player off and get position too, then turn and face 568 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: with a triple threat. You don't have to dribble the basketball, 569 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: and you can work him further to the ask it 570 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: by backing him down. That that that is just it's 571 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: a bit of versatility that I think is almost a 572 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: lost art in the league these days because post ups 573 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: are are so few and far between. But I I 574 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: think it's still a really important way to be a 575 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: well rounded basketball player. And I thought it was impressive 576 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: that Luca did that. Um all right last thing for 577 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: the night, um Spain pick and roll. So at the 578 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: end of the game, the Lithuania was spamming Spain pick 579 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: and roll every time down the floor, and as a result, 580 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: they were getting switches onto sabonus and they were getting 581 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: lots of good stuff. Now, uh, Spain pick and roll 582 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: is one of the most common NBA actions, and I 583 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: referenced it a lot on the show, so I wanted 584 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: to take a second to demonstrate it to you guys, 585 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: so with some video so that you have a really 586 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: good idea of what I'm talking about every time I 587 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: mentioned that for the rest of the season. So first, 588 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: let's take a look at some video. Let's watch this 589 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: once in real time, and then we're gonna slow it down. 590 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: As you can see, Booker ends up getting a wide 591 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: open three and knocking it down. So as Aden is 592 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,959 Speaker 1: rolling to the rim, watch Devin book back screen Jonas Valanciunas, 593 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: which forces Brandon Ingram right here to lunge backwards to 594 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: help on that lab pass, which allows Devin Booker to 595 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: break open to the three point line. Spain pick and 596 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: roll is all about making your defenders make decisions about 597 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: whether or not to help or to stay with their man, 598 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: and it gives your ball handler more options. The Phoenix 599 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: Suns are one of the best Spain pick and roll 600 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: teams in the league, probably the best, and the main 601 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: reason why is because they have the perfect combination of 602 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: players to do it. You have Chris Paul, the pick 603 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: and roll ball handler, who is an outstanding passer, and 604 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: if you give him space, he can knock down shots. 605 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: You have DeAndre Ayton, who's an outstanding role man with 606 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: great hands, who's a problem when he catches the ball 607 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: within a few feet of the rim, right, and then 608 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: you have Devin Booker, this amazing shooter, especially on the move, 609 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: that is the guy who's relocating to the top of 610 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: the key. So again it's all about the threats and 611 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: the combined threats of all three players within that action. 612 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: If you play off of Chris Paul to deal with 613 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: Devin Booker and DeAndre Ayton, he's gonna get to his 614 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: pull up jump shot. If you help on that back 615 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: screen on the roll man, then Devin Booker is gonna 616 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: get a wide up in three. If Brandon Ingram ignores 617 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 1: the that screen and just runs out on Devin Booker, 618 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton is probably catching a lob underneath the rim. 619 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: It's an extremely difficult action to defend, especially when you 620 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: have the right type of personnel to make people pay. 621 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: These are the little types of of of complications within 622 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: the NBA that happened in almost every single game, and 623 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: one of my goals for this season is to help 624 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: everybody understand that really really well, so that when we're 625 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: doing our breakdowns, I can mention these things and you 626 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: guys know exactly what I'm talking about. Alright, on that note, 627 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: that is all I have for today. As always, I 628 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate your support. I believe we're taking the rest 629 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: of the weekend off, so plan on Monday evening getting 630 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,239 Speaker 1: a full breakdown on the New Orleans Pelicans and us 631 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: continuing to work our way through these uh through these 632 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: season previews. The other thing to the Lakers, they Robertlinka's 633 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: fame us for you know, having that that move in 634 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: his holster, that backup plan. When his Plan A fails, 635 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: he usually goes to plan and be quickly. So I 636 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers made a made a 637 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: move sooner than later. Al Right, guys, that's all I have. 638 00:32:12,520 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: I'll see you guys after the weekend. M the volume